CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

When I arrived at this particular book shop, the people who were around it were surprised. It was rare for a student to be visiting a bookshop when the session was almost coming at the end. The shopkeeper looked at me with suspicion, and I wished I had some of my ‘Crown Prince’s Aides’ at that moment. They’d have helped to instil the fear of God into him.

“What particular book are you looking for sir?”.

“Give me that 2009 Guinness Book of World Records…” I walked into the inner part of the book shop and excused myself after I belched.

“This one is Six Thousand Naira”.

“If you interrupt mw again, you won’t like what I’ll do to you…”

The shopkeeper saw my countenance and left me alone, before going to fetch cellophane bag. He picked up the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records and bagged it, and waited patiently for me to pick another book. I soon picked The Family by Mario Puzo and Carol Gino. I was handing the novel to the shopkeeper, who was already with a calcula